Reclining chair

Abstract

A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions is provided together with a first seat section overlying the frame, a second back rest section projecting upwardly from the rear of said frame and a third leg rest section depending downwardly from the forward portion of the first section. The first section is supported from the frame for shifting to a forward position projecting forwardly of the main frame, the second back rest section has its lower portion pivotally supported from the first section and enjoys a supportive link connection with the frame for automatic movement to a lowered horizontal position disposed immediately to the rear of and in horizontal alignment with the first section upon its movement to its forward displaced position, and the third leg rest section has its upper portion pivotally supported from the forward end of the first section and enjoys a thrust transmitting connection with the second section for automatic movement of the leg rest section to a second raised horizontal position horizontally aligned with the first section upon movement of the first and second sections to their second positions. Furthermore, the first section and frame include coacting structure guidingly and supportingly engaging the first section from the forward portion of the frame during shifting movement of the first seat section and operative to slightly lower the forward portion of the seat section upon movement of the first section to its forward position, the forward portion of the seat section including depending legs for engagement with the support surface upon which the frame rests when the first section is in its forward position.

What is claimed as new is as follows: 
     
       1. A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions, a first seat section, first means supporting said first section from said frame for shifting between a first rear position vertically registered with said main frame and a second forwardly displaced position with a majority of said first section projecting forwardly of said main frame, a second back rest section, second means pivotally supporting said second back rest portion from said frame and said first section and establishing a supportive link connection with said frame for automatic movement of said second section from a first raised upstanding position at the rear portion of said frame to a lowered second horizontal position disposed immediately to the rear of and in horizontal alignment with said first section and with a major portion of said second section disposed forward of the rear portion of said frame movement of said first section to second second position thereof, and a third leg rest section, third means pivotally supporting said third section from said first section for automatice movement from a first position depending downwardly from the forward portion of said first section and a second horizontal position projecting forwardly from said first section upon movement of said first and second sections from the first positions thereof to said second positions thereof, said second means including swingable suspension link means operative to suspend substantially the entire load represented by the rear portion of said first section therefrom during movement of said first section between its first and second positions. 
     
     
       2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said frame and first section include coacting means guidingly and supportingly engaging said first section from the forward portion of said frame during movement of said first section between its first and second positions. 
     
     
       3. A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions, a first seat section, first means supporting said first section from said frame for shifting between a first rear position vertically registered with said main frame and a second forwardly displaced position with a majority of said first section projecting forwardly of said main frame, a second back rest section, second means pivotally supporting said second back rest portion from said frame and said first section and establishing a supportive link connection with said frame for automatic movement of said second section from a first raised upstanding position at the rear portion of said frame to a lowered second horizontal position disposed immediately to the rear of and in horizontal alignment with said first section and with a major portion of said second section disposed forward of the rear portion of said frame upon movement of said first section to second second position thereof, and a third leg rest section, third means pivotally supporting said third section from said first section for automatice movement from a first position depending downwardly from the forward portion of said first section and a second horizontal position projecting forwardly from said first section upon movement of said first and second sections from the first positions thereof to said second positions thereof, said second section including a lower support portion and an upper back rest defining portion disposed in an upstanding position when said second section is disposed in said first position thereof, said back rest defining portion and support portion including removably telescopingly engaged coacting means supporting said back rest portion from said support portion for complete disengagement of the former from the latter upon upward displacement of said back rest portion a predetermined distance relative to said support portion, along a predetermined path of movement generally paralleling the upstanding position of said upper back rest portion. 
     
     
       4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said first portion includes upstanding front to rear extending opposite side arm rests, said back rest portion, upon disengagement from said support portion, being receivable, horizontally, between said arm rests upon said first section. 
     
     
       5. A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions, a first seat section, first means supporting said first section from said frame for shifting between a rear position vertically registered with said main frame and a second forwardly displaced position with a majority of said first section projecting forwardly of said main frame, a second back rest section, second means pivotally supporting said back rest portion from said first section and establishing a supportive link connection with said frame for automatic movement of said second section from a first raised upstanding position at the rear portion of said frame to a lowered second horizontal position disposed immediately to the rear of and in horizontal alignment with said first section and with a major portion of said second section disposed forward of the rear portion of said frame upon movement of said first section to said second position thereof, and a third leg rest section, third means pivotally supporting said third section from said first section for automatic movement from a first position depending downwardly from the forward portion of said first section and a second horizontal position projecting forwardly from said first section upon movement of said first and second sections from the first positions thereof to said second positions thereof, said second means including swingable suspension link means operative to suspend substantially the entire load represented by the rear portion of said first section therefrom during movement of said first section between its first and second positions, said frame and first section including coacting means guidingly and supportingly engaging said first section from the forward portion of said frame during movement of said first section between its first and second positions, said coacting means including means operative to raise and lower the forward portion of said first section upon its shifting back and forth from its second position to its first position and back to its second position, the forward portion of said first seat section including depending leg means for support from a support surface upon movement of said first section to its second position, said legs being retracted rearward of the forward portion of said frame when said first seat section is in its first position. 
     
     
       6. A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions, a first seat section overlying and supported from said frame, and a second upstanding back rest section supported from said frame and projecting upwardly from the rear portion of said main frame, said frame including opposite side front to rear extending arm rest portions projecting upwardly above said first seat section, said second back rest portion and said frame including telescopingly engaged structures supporting said back rest section from said frame for total removal therefrom upon upward displacement of said back rest section relative to said frame a predetermined amount above a lower limit position of said back rest section along a predetermined path of movement generally paralleling the upstanding position of said upper back rest position, said back rest section, after its total removal from said frame being receivable, in horizontal position, between said arm rest portions for support from said seat section. 
     
     
       7. A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions, a first seat section, first means supporting said first section from said frame for shifting between a first rear position vertically registered with said main frame and a second forwardly displaced position with a majority of said first section projecting forwardly of said main frame, a second back rest section, second means pivotally supporting said second back rest portion from said frame and said first section and establishing a supportive link connection with said frame for automatic movement of said second section from a first raised upstanding position at the rear portion of said frame to a lowered second horizontal position disposed immediately to the rear of and in horizontal alignment with said first section and with a major portion of said second section disposed forward of the rear portion of said frame upon movement of said first section to second second position thereof, and a third leg rest section, third means pivotally supporting said third section from said first section for automatice movement from a first position depending downwardly from the forward portion of said first section and a second horizontal position projecting forwardly from said first section upon movement of said first and second sections from the first positions thereof to said second positions thereof, an elongated front-to-rear extending bar pivotally supported at its rear end from a lower rear portion of said first seat section for oscillation about a horizontal transverse axis, said bar extending forwardly from said rear portion of said first seat section beneath the latter, guide means carried by a forward portion of said main frame and slidably and guidingly engaging said bar for lengthwise shifting of the latter relative to said guide means, said guide means including selectively operable clamp means for releasably clampingly engaging said bar in shifted position against shifting relative to said guide means, and actuator means for said clamp means shiftably supported from one side portion of said main frame and operably connected to said clamp means for selective actuation thereof, said actuator means being adapted to be actuated by one hand of a person seated upon said first seat section.